According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Nashville, TN (BNA) ranks #24 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Nashville, TN posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as one of the busiest U.S. airports.
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BNA on-time rate vs. the national average
Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.
Delay Cause Breakdown
Top delay cause: Late Aircraft.
Total delay minutes: 6,291,640.
Late Aircraft45.5% (2,865,004 min)
Carrier30.2% (1,897,131 min)
NAS (National Aviation System)19.7% (1,238,647 min)
Weather4.5% (283,964 min)
Security0.1% (6,894 min)
BNA - seasonal on-time pattern
Best: September (92.1%) · worst: July (86.6%)
BNA - on-time rate by year
2020–2025, year-over-year trend.
BNA - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)
Average taxi-out 15.8 min · taxi-in 7.6 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).
BNA's average taxi-out (15.8 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 14.0 min (April 2024) to 17.9 min (January 2024).
Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Nashville, TN, both outside Tennessee so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.
The standout signal at Nashville, TN is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 45.5% of 6,291,640 delay minutes across 1,046,597 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 80.8% (1.8 pts above the 79% national average), with 201,312 delayed and 12,024 cancelled (1.15%).
Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (45.5% late-aircraft, 30.2% carrier, 19.7% NAS, 4.5% weather, 0.1% security). As a busy airport, that mix matters more for connection planning than for a thin schedule.
On the multi-year calendar, BNA is strongest in September (92.1% on-time) and weakest in July (86.6%), a 5.5-point swing. Volume peaks in October (~16,011 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to ORD (Chicago) at 79% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.
Nashville, TN vs. the national on-time distribution
On-time rate among all 382 tracked U.S. airports
80.8%Top 79%higher than 21% of 382 airports
Nashville, TN
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U.S. airports by on-time rate, bucketed by value
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Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025).
Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.
BNA's on-time book sits in the slower half of the BTS set; check the delay mix and the worst month before treating the headline as typical.
Check the busiest route from BNA before you book a connection. See top routes →
Travel in September rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns →
Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 15.8 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times →
On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Nashville, TN's on-time rate?
Nashville, TN (BNA) has a 80.8% on-time rate across 1,046,597 BTS-tracked flights (2020-2025), 1.8 pts above the 79% national flight-weighted average; that places it in roughly the bottom-quartile on-time performance.
How does BNA rank among U.S. airports by traffic volume?
Nashville, TN ranks #24 of 382 tracked US airports by total BTS flights (most flights = #1), making it one of the busiest U.S. airports.
What's the most common cause of delays at Nashville, TN?
Late Aircraft is the leading delay cause at BNA, accounting for 45.5% of delay minutes. The full breakdown: 45.5% late-aircraft, 30.2% carrier, 19.7% NAS/air-traffic-control, 4.5% weather, and 0.1% security.
When is the best time to fly through Nashville, TN?
September is historically BNA's strongest month at 92.1% on-time, while July is the weakest at 86.6%, a 5.5-point swing across the BTS historical record.
Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights